Rec trail connection awaits work homebuilders must do

What is the city's plan for connecting the bike trail at 57th and Taft? People are anxious for that gap to close.

Signed, Waiting to Roll

Dear Waiting: The city is ready to move on that project, but the home builders have to do their part first.

The Loveland parks and recreation group calls that stretch of the proposed Recreation Trail "developer dependent."

That's not a dodge: The developers of housing projects between U.S. 287 and Taft Avenue must complete roadwork on 57th Street and the sidewalk on the south side of that street. The developer also will build the 10-foot wide section of the trail that connects to the planned intersection with Duffield Avenue.

There's more. An easement west of the Walmart store in the Wintergreen subdivision needs to be inked. The good news is that the pace of home building is picking up, and those projects are bound to move forward.